Hey !You had me worried there.Well I searched through all the posts regarding squid but could not find an answer to my particular problem.I want to block sites based on domain names from a filesuch asacl banned dstdomain "/usr/local/squid/etc/block"and I deny it withhttp_access deny bannedas can be seen from the portion of my squid file included in the previous postwhere 'block' is the file containing the list of domain names I want blocked.This file has the required format of one domain per line. In fact I got it from the link given in the Squid FAQ, ACL chapter.But I find that inspite of inserting these lines I am still getting access to the sites listed in my block file.I need to know if there is a particular order to be followed for the acl and http_access list ?Also am I making a mistake in placing the file, /usr/local/squid/etc/ ?Because I am not getting any error ! Mostly it serves me without trouble, occasionally complaining of DNS resolution problems. I would blame my ISP' s DNS server behaviour.Only strange entry in my 'cache.log'Rebuilding storage in /usr/local/squid/var/cache (DIRTY)what does this '(DIRTY)' imply ?Thanks

In fact I changed the owner ship of the file to 'squid'. I am also reflecting the file name 'block' as is.I will try renaming the file as *.txt and try.Would this be of significance'Acl-operators are checked in the order that they occur in the file (ie from top to bottom). The frst acl-operator line that matches causes Squid to drop out of the acl list. Squid will not check through all acl-operators if the first denies the request." I got it from http://squid-docs.sourceforge.net/latest/html/x591.htmlWhat caught my attentiion is "The frst acl-operator line that matches causes Squid to drop out of the acl list. Squid will not check through all acl-operators if the first denies the request".So once again my question is if the acl-operator line order is important ?Thanks

Hello I am getting problem when try to run squid2.5 on Redhat 9.0 of "$squid $squid_opts 2>/dev/null" when i check the status of squid i got "could not determine fully quallified hostname please set visible_hostname" when i set the visible hostname to my workgroup name i got "cannot run a copy" and also getting error of "page faults with physical i/o:388" please help me to solve problem

Well it is like this. Even when I use 'acl banned dstdomain [www.sex.com]' it still does not work. I am able to access the site and it seems to be caching the same. I found this by looking at the logs. The access.log shows this

dear RICKYi see here you are very active and cooprative i need your help in very small mater for you and very difficult for me as new i am going to install squid transperent cache in lani have settingmodem --> router --->hub 24 pc connected in this 24 i want connect one as cache transperent to hub ex:no 12 where i am i want that linux box on this place where it is win98 running so i am producing the winipcfg report to see and what to understand where i have to put the following in your sample squid.conf<winipcfg>dns it is in router 10.0.0.2mac address xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xxip of this pc 10.0.0.12subnet mask 255.255.255.0gateway 10.0.0.2where i have to put this settings to make this place as linux cache/transthanks for guide